Ma Chaochun

Ma Chaochun
Ma Chaochun
馬うま超ちょう俊しゅん
	Ma Chao-chun as Mayor c. 1935
Mayor of Nanjing
Personal details
Born	1886; Taishan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty
Died	1977 (aged 90–91); Taipei, Taiwan

Ma Chao-chun (traditional Chinese: 馬うま超ちょう俊しゅん; simplified Chinese: 马超俊しゅん; Pinyin: Mǎ Chāojùn; 1886–1977) was the mayor of Nanjing in the period prior to the Battle of Nanking. On December 1, 1937, Ma Chao-chun ordered all Chinese citizens remaining in Nanjing to move into the Nanking Safety Zone. Ma fled the city on December 7, and the International Committee took over as the de facto government of Nanjing.^[1]

He died in Taipei at age 91.^[2]

References

^ Vogel, Ezra F. (2019-07-30). China and Japan: Facing History. Harvard University Press. pp. 258–260. ISBN 978-0-674-24076-6.
^ "MA CHAO‐CHUN". The New York Times. 1977-09-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-02.

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[1] Vogel, Ezra F. (2019-07-30). China and Japan: Facing History. Harvard University Press. pp. 258–260. ISBN 978-0-674-24076-6.

[2] "MA CHAO‐CHUN". The New York Times. 1977-09-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-02.

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